The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 7, 1921, Page 1

The Star goes into 11,727 more homes every day than any other Seattle newspaper (these figures taken from October 1, _ sworn worn postal statements) On the Issue of Aanericanism There Can Be No Compromise Slack j The Seattle Star HOME i ea HOME Ti 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 NTS IN ‘SEATTLE WEATHER n ond Tuesday, unsettled weath fresh to moderate southeast wind. Temperature Last 34 Hours Inimum, 31. Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March MONDAY, NOVE MB WOMAN SHOT ROW OVER GEMS|«' ATTA : HEL . 2 WASH. R 7, 1921. VM SANE,” URCH SAYS SEATTI. | DisaeMament COnreDence YPRIMER Itt 244 Paradgraphis 4 by \WILUAM PHILIP SIMMS WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 implest form, the main idea behind the Imitation of armament is to head poset ene ——— teduced to it tor the Pacific ¢ conference war in the Right th thie is the ire to put an end to the race between rival navies world for first place The original suggestion wag to hold a disarmament 3. onference, but it was soon realized that to propore even « reduction of armament without first removing the principal causes of friction between the powers would pro’ & mere waste of time. | So the idea of a “Pacific conference” was born—the Fe Pacific, and particularly the Far Hast being the MUSIC WITH MUTTS ASSURED FOR SHOW By Wanda von Kettler This being music week; we of the Mutt show feel that our first announcement today concerning Thursday's Mutt dog festivities to be held at Crystal Pool, really should deal with something musical. Boys, girls and mutts, we've got the music for our Mutt show! John Nickolas, director of the 12-piece Seattle Mando Club, has stated that his orchestra will be glad to'do what it can for the Mutt show and Com- munity chest. This announcement, having leaked out @ jittle before press time, is causing much interest among musical circles of the olty. Only the music week committee seems to lack an ap Preclation of our efforts to make the whole thing a howling | succenE. | Something eine is to be added | along ¥ and equally important, 2. of the The Far Bast is the new trouble-center because Asia © offers’ stupendous opportunities in the way of trade 1 both China and Russia are powerless to defend them- i ‘india te selves against mighty nations Greetings, ‘ellow ist How @ you like music week? 6 China has split herself up into two main factions— * Northern and Southern—each with a “president;’ and many of her provinces have proclaimed their autonomy. Undeveloped, rich in natural resources beyond conception, she is ripe fruit and good picking for territory grabbing or concession-hungry neighbors. | Attorneys for A Man Accused girl next door pronounces ! of Murder will Seek Fur- | ther Delay. of Trial ““Cavalero Rush the Cano” and “The | ‘Six Bits from Lucy.” Y FRANK H. #. BARTHOLOMEW | LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 7. Burch 'Injuries to Victim Likely to, Prove Serious; Jewels Are Not Found Mrs. J. ¥. Humes, 30, Seattle beauty, was in city hospital Mon- day, suffering from « pistol wound In the right cheek, re ceived, detectives say, when Mrs. Ide Cameron fired at her after 8 quarrel over a pearl necklace and a sum of money which Mrs. Cameron accused ber of stealing. The quarrel took place in the Earl- {ington apartments, 1621 Seventh! ave., eariy Monday after « drinking jbout, police sy, in which bootieg | whivky and apricot brandy played Himpotrant parts. WOMAN HELD IN CITY JAIL | Mrs. Cameron is held in olty jail 00 4N Open charge awaiting the out jeome of the wounded woman's in- ‘fries, which may prove dangerous, paecording to hospital authorities. Af- | ter a conference with Capt. of Detec- | tives Charles Tennant, In which Mrs.) Cameron is quoted an having mid) Hey had too much to drink,” and) png shooting, she was taken | wie > his is Music Week—and some or | music is, too. Siberia, too, rich in the natural resources which can esupply the raw products so essential to an indostrial nation, is an open invitation to foreign exploitation, 8 For 21 years the United States has stood by her own # policy of the “open door,” or Hay doctrine, meaning Asia should not be swallowed by any nation or group of na- tions, but should retain her independence, as is, and should keep her door opened to the commerce of ail countries alike and without favoritism. Tho every great power endorsed the Hay doctrine ewhen figst promulgated in 1900, some of them have utterly failed to live up to it in practice. Written specially for Music Week. sung before breakfast. | this morning on affidavits presented | by Paul Schenck, counsel for Burch, | jalleging the accused man to be bey unsound mind, Burch does not want to plead in-! sanity, His contention ix that he | had nothing whatever to “fo with | the killing—-that he was not Mada. | 1 Japan, since 1914 especially, has been conspicuous tor @her failure, not only to respect her pledge regarding the “open door,” but to ive up to the terms of her treaty guaranteeing the integrity of China with Great Britain ax well. 1 1 Japan took over all German rights in Shantung and @hus consistently broadened them since 1914, refusing to give them back to China, despite the fact that China, too, helped fight Germany. Japan will leave Shantung only on condition. 1 Japan isin Manchuria, where her concessions are many, eand where she owns outright the South Manchurian railway. Tho in Chinese territory, China can use this railroad only by consent of Japan. 1 Japan is in Siberia and is pushing on into Mongolia; e@she is in possession of the northern haif of the island of Saghalien, belonging to Russia; her troops control the 1 whole length of the Chinese Eustern Railway and are the law . “Around the Corner.” The Clemmer management makes only one reservation, “We'd Uke to have it under stood, says that management, “that we're entertaining the mutts, We realy can't handle foo much." To date the prixes for the show to be given by The Star | for the benefit of the Communi. | ty Chest ran as follows: ' Brassatudded collar from Speier | & Hurlbut, | FOr ise ese ervgeceeesUptiont Mutt | Collar with name of winner on name ‘plate from Piper & Taft MOR eee cee eee os Bir, Mutt up trom Dr, L. W. Brydon. ier. Beat family group Two cartons dog biscuits from to the party, An auction sale of mutts! The Humane society has promised to provide a dozen or more very desirable, lovirix purps to be sold to the specta. | tors, while John Hamp,, auc | tioneer, has bento to pre- at mag Ft chore expressed his intention of “rs pearing in @ atoyepipe bat, « of Viddivostok; she is in Wukiei province, at Port Arthur, in the Liaotung peninsula and in Korea--annexed In 1910 after food department, Bon Marche, | successful wars with China and Russia. wwallow-tall coat, white gioves For.......-.2nd best family group | 14 Yap, a tiny island in the Pacific, ig the strategic con and 4 red chest protector. |Studded harness from Votgt | '@ ter of communications between the United States and WUT HERE'S | Paativer Specialty Co, { the Far East. Japan claims # mandate over it by virtue of a REAL WALLOP For the littlest full-grown short: | ruling of the supreme council sitting at Paris. ‘To many of these Japanese adventures the United Ans yet we have not announced haired mutt. (Must be naturally 7 haired. today's real wallop. Loe yrvnaga ager 1 © States is opposed, particularly those which violate the doctrine of the “open door.” It comes in the form of a» Five dollars from Wm Great Britain, and particularly the British overseas matinee to be given by the manager Clemmer theatre, Clemmer theatre Friday aft- For the mutt that looks most like 16 ¢ dominions—Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa—are fearful lest their interests in the Pacific be in- ernoon for all mutt owners Brownie, the Century film dog. fringed upon, and with America, see many things eye to eye. (He's « little bit bull, a little bit | terrier and a ttle bit of a lot of |. other things.) | ri | Drinking dish from International | 1 Britons in the Far East wish to see the Anglo | | Japanese alliance denounced in favor of a mone gen- eral agreement regarding the Far East and to which the United States would be an important party. (Turn to Page La Column 5) 1 They claim Japan has not kept her word with regard compa he Will he heid as a@ witness. search was immediately begun ey the jewels alleged to have been stolen, but up to noon Monday they had not beed located. A thoro tp Yeatigution into the whole affair is being made by Capt. Tennant. ‘The builet wound in Mr. Humes’ face wll cause & permanent sear.’ doctors say, Before treatment was | given her, Mra. Humes complained | to her attendants, “lan't it awful for her to distigure a pretty girl like me ‘for life? | ‘know just what effect | ‘s order will have,{ to boom the demand | cheese, a | ; x | Wismor of the Northwestern Unit. fi Cutts, | | 'y law college; Robert H. Gault, 4 | cago legal technician, and Dr. W. Ralph Obenchain, former husband of Madalynne, who stepped aside to! let her go with Kennedy, and who later was reconciled with her, was” to appear in court as attorney Pub |the woman. He planned to urge Judge, MRS. HUMES ADMITS GOING To Visit | According to Tennant, the two women fought in the apartment of (Mra. Cameron. Mrs, Humes admit- jted having gone there to visit the lwoman, and was introduced to the jtwo men. An all-night booze party, the police say, resulted in the quar. srel when Mrs, Cameron discovered yher pearl necklace and «a sum of money missing from ber purse, Mrs. Humes attacked her com- panion, according to the police, and twas getting the better of the strug: lgle when Mrs, Cameron's hand fell upon the gun. A shot rang out and Mrs, Humes Htett to the floor, her cheek torn by a |bullet which narrowly missed her fright eye. A bottle partly filled with apricot [brandy and the revolver are being held by “ee SECOND MINE IS DYNAMITED Kansas Shaft Is Wrecked by Double Blast MULBERRY, Kans. Nov. TA second conl mine was dynamited to- day, supposedly in connection with Southern Kansas mine strike trou- bles. A shaft belonging to the Burgess company, south of here, wae wrecked by two blasts, It was operated by * to the “open door” or with Great Britain with regard WOMAN SWAPS HER} 18. poser soem a DEAD TOT FOR LIVE) jo.sm:cc'tsenr: tnt mins sne, ot e@serve to cl ip the ati here of picion in the By C. ia lear uf moep! sus] in Orient and pave the way for the denunciation of an ovtworn A depot in a large Eastern city—two young women, and epg aarpoes 8 favor of new understandings, strangers, both carrying baby girls resembling one an- 2 ‘ i en coh pSrah owt great —— ose their other so strongly that travelers were attracted—one and everybody iastale cutare “with “sank: ihe cnt aoe babe was ill, the other healthy—thru her faith in hu- Asia, the causes of friction between at least the three prin- manity of one woman be at vate ee are cipal naval powers can be removed to the extent that partial the babes were exchanged—the sick little bal ied in the arms of the woman who was not her mother. disarmament, or limitation of armament, will result. 21 Will the conference succeed? It will if the powers @ give helpless Asia a square deal and the Hay doctrine is finally put across in a way that will prove effective. Lose $10,000 From Safe PORTLAND, Nov. 17. — Three masked robbers early today held up office employes of Jensen & Von Herberg, motion picture theatre own- | erm and forced « clerk: to open the office safe and escaped with $6,000 in cash, ' White handkerchiefs masked the! A add features of the three men as they Stroller,” who strotis so| held at bay two men and one woman airly thru the columns of The; 4t the point of revolvers, bound the Heattle’s pioneer weekly, hax | Woman and one man, and forced the the two great ills of man-|#econd man, R. EK. Charles, company We append his letter: auditor, to unlock the haf They escaped thru @ rear door with the cath contents of the safe, practically the entire receipts from yesterday's performances at five lo cal theatres Officers of the company said the; loss might run up to $10,600. ‘The robbery is the first coup of im- | “She told me the child's mother was ill and was stay- ing in Chicago, and she, the child's nurse, was taking the baby home. She let the baby fall, hurting the back of its head, swelling it consider. ably. “My y went to sleep and laid it on the couch, asking this nurse to keep an eye on her un. til 1 could go down to the train shed and find out about the train I was waiting for, finding it had been in ten minutes, and [had missed eeeing my dear brother, who was leaving on another train. I was grief-stricken and crying, I went back to the wait- ing room, but the nurse had gone. Raby was still asleep where T had left her, and I took | her up without waking her and | took the street car for home Sounds like the synopsis of @ thrilling novel, you say? But it idn’t; it is true—one of those tragedies that Fate writes deep in the Book of Life ALLOWED TO TELL OF THIS CASK Seldom is it given me to pub- lish the most unusual tales writ ten oF told to me, because they are in strictest confidence, This case i the exception, The moth- er of the stolen baby has drifted out West in her search for her child, and she now resides in a small Northwestetn Washington tawn. The identification she gives for her daughter is vague, but she has*written a letter to Star readers just we a sort of last hope. Sheshas sent her name and address in confidence, in oan asssist her, Her 22 If the conference does nothing else, it will show every- @body how the land lies. The people of the world will know which nations are trying to promote peace and which are hoping to profit by more war. 2 That at least this much shall be accomplished, full ¢ publicity should be given the whole proceedings. With: t out publicity, right-minded nations are likely to buve their endeavors: painted black and the skullduggery of the bad ones depicted in bright colors. 2 ‘He rushed into his cellar— "He rushed right out again For Wanging on his coat tatle— Were 16 revenue men! Aside from justice and fair play to the under dog, ‘© America’s interests in Asia are economic. If a single power, or group of powers, gains economic or political con- trol over the great markets of the world, American working: men, shut out, and with no outlet for their sfrplus goods, must leave America and look for jobs in a more virile land. It ig a question of both capital and labor, you call atten- the first of the month, bills due, you add a | . a8 well, and that’s matter with most The Stroller. | @e-s THEN WALK ovT Proper way to read a menu in fs to look at the price and \paaid you can get for it Won't be tong now before the mark bd & pe riod, | Me dipped is soup in stience. Ht sounded awtul dumb. Re ia fore into the waiter’s thumb? Cops say robberies usually | ‘at @aybreak. That's the sec ME going on duty, "ee ead TONGUE- ft Wd are famed tor ve and weliom get in the soup. | } | i ut ard as- swish of wilken Td better qualify that, tho,’ } ito — it long ago. The skirta\ * one fish, are be short to siotuh. ae (ound ~- Finnish steamship | during storm, with | | tions, portance soigpess locally In some | months. Police investigating the af-+ (Mair declare it to be ofe of the bold: i] est ever “pulled” here. The men, of whom the office em- ployers obtained excellent descrip: appeared to be foreigners BURCH ABNORMAL PHYSICALLY; THIS PHOTO PROVES IT Have physical attributes any- thing to do with erime? Opinions differ. Some aay every criminal hae certain definite and visible characteristics; otherw aver a devil may often appear in the guise of an angel, The accompanying picture of Arthur Burch may add some light to the controversy, Whether Burch is a murderer or not is a question which a jury must de. eide—but no jury is needed to detect that he is physically ab- normal The normal man’s head is one- fifth the length of his body. See how many times Burch’s head will go into his body, Full view of accused slayer of John Belton Kennedy. miners who refused to join the pro- test strike against the jalling of! A ander Howat, suspended district union chief, TACOMA’S BREAD PRICES DROP FAR BELOW SEATTLE’S ‘Tacoma’s brepd prices fell tar |) below Seattle's Monday. | Pound-and-a-half loaves dropped from 12 to 10% cents wholesale, and from 15 to 13 and 14 cents re. tail, while pound loaves went from § to 7% cents wholesale and from 10 to 9 cents retail, One || baker put out a new loaf, ran. ning from 19 to 20 ounces, to re- tall at 10 cents, The Tacoma bakers explained that the cut was due to the drop in wheat and flour prices—altho Seattle bakers say this will not permit them to make a similar re. duction. In Seattle poundand-a-halt loaves wholesale at 124% cents and retail at 16, while und loaves wholesale for 8% cents and retall at 10 cents, “Dear Cynthia Grey: Forty one years ago T was waiting In the Northwestern depot in Chica go and had my 8-month-old baby girl with me Another young woman was th to take a train, She" had a baby that looked so much like mine that all the folks around took notice. BABY DIED IN REE DAYS ‘While I was on the car, baby had a convulsion, and I discovered 1 had the baby owed on her her for three tog when she died of brain paralysis: U (turn to Page 7 Column 1) COWEN PARK JITS That more than 30 jitneys run- ning to Roosevelt Heights and Cowen Park are operating ille- gally was the official opinion rendered Monday by Corpqration Counsel Walter F. Meter, Meier declared that the granting of a certificate of necessity to the Sound Transit Co., an associa. tion of jitney owners, does not confer upon the company au- thority to transact a jitney bus business within the corporate limits of the city, He recommended that the city CAN’T RUN, OPINION legal department he authorized to institute suits for the purpose of stopping the Cowen Park jit- neys, Meler's opinion recited that the certificate of necessity law under which the Sound Transit Co, has been operating its motor buses does not bar the city from legislating on the use of its own streets, i Meler recommended that in- jon proceedings be started vdiately to enjoin the oper: ation of the jitneys, | U.S. WARSHIP |Unidentified “Destroyer |the destroyer lagents from the | gration station started for the seene island—to the woman will be made for some time at loast, it was learned, RUNS ASHORE Mare Island AN FRANCISCO, Nov, 7. An unidentified United States navy destroyer was ryported aground in al fog on Angel Island in San Francisco bay early today. The fog prevented identification of the vessel from the shore. No distress or other sig from the ship had been picked up by the navy radio station. Naval officers believed that, be- cause of the failure to send out distress signals, the vessel's post- tion could not be dangerous, After several efforts to identity failed, immigration Angel island immi- a remote part of the investigate, } | preme. court Babcock, ‘MRS, SOUTHARD IS SENTENCED in Gets From Ten Years to Life for Murder 'TWEN FALLS, Idaho, Nov, 7. —Mrs. Lyde Southard, found guilty of murdering her fourth husband, Edward F, Meyer, was today sentenced to from 10 years to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary at Boise, Idaho, As the words of sentence fell from the lips of Judge W, A. Babcock, the convicted woman. showed emotion than di@ the two or three hundred women who were present. Notice of an appeal to the su- was filed with Judgo Counsel for Mrs, Southard stated they would later flea motion tuo « new trial, No request for bail for